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By convention, the terms dextrorotation and levorotation (or laevorotation) represent the movement of plane polarized light clockwise or anticlockwise, respectively, for a compound as seen by the observer whom the light is approaching. The compound exhibiting dextrorotation is said to be dextrorotatory and that exhibiting levorotation is said to be levorotatory.
The dextrorotation and levorotation can be quantized by measuring the degree of specific rotation of the compound,
The value of dextrorotation is positive (+) and that of levorotation is negative (-).

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